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Now that you are aware of Lelouch and the other protagonists driving the series, let's take a look at their enemies. Only characters that are considered the Big Bad for an arc are found here.

Check the clock and make sure you aren't missing that dentist appointment before you continue.For more information on some of the villains go to these pages.

Unmarked spoilers ahead.


Sosuke Aizen

The Big Bad of Bleach sets himself up as Lelouch's ultimate rival very early on in the series soon becoming his driving antagonist as the two engage in a battle of wit, planning and strategy to see who will come out on top. Lelouch wins and Talbumosuke takes over in Aizen's place. He comes back from Hell and attacks the Soul Society in the Aizen's Revenge arc with startling success. Only to later be put back in his place thanks to Rita's influence. Word of God is that this is not the last we've seen of Aizen. His Bankai is called Suishokyoka Kotaisuigetsu (Crystal Mirror Flower, Solid Water Moon).

  • Arch-Enemy: Lelouch. They even explicitly refer to each other as such. While Lelouch has hated him for years by the time they finally confront one another in the Eye of the Storm arc, things truly did not become personal for Aizen until the Aizen's Revenge arc. The hatred between them runs so deep that during the final battle, Aizen outright admitted that the main reason he switched himself with CC just as Lelouch was about to stab him was to cause his rival despair.
  • Berserk Button: Attacking his ego will make this Magnificent Bastard lose his cool.
  • Blessed with Suck: Has CC's code, thus is now immortal, and now has an eternity of perpetual mind-boggling agony to savour. He really should've thought this through...
  • Brought Down to Badass: Meta; has a reputation in canon as an Invincible Villain. Here, his game breaking abilities are much less evident. The rest of the cast are quite a bit more competent than their canon counterparts, so his ploys are a lot less jarring in comparison, particularly as he has Lelouch and to a less evident extent Urahara to act as a barometer. On the physical side, he has several close calls in fights and outright loses a few, which would never happen in canon.
  • Compensating for Something: Rita certainly thinks so, given his fondness for overly large fortresses.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: He defeats Yhwach, Stefan, Kenpachi and Kensei with minimal effort. The narration leads us to believe they were all at full power at some point.
  • Disc-One Final Boss: Lelouch geass' him to commit suicide at the end of the Eye of the Storm arc and it works. Although, he does wind up becoming the final Big Bad in the end.
  • The Dragon: To Kasumi, though really he’s The Star Scream.
  • Driven to Villainy: After becoming a Soul Reaper and being rejected by Mari, Aizen was taken under Treva's wing. Treva took Aizen's problems and picked away at them to make Aizen out to be who he is today.
  • Eldritch Abomination:
    • Regardless of whether or not his Physical God form qualifies, he apparently has a menagerie of these at his beck and call by the end.
    • He can change his own form to whatever he wishes.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: He does not condone the destruction of the Soul Society, but he’s open to ruling it with an iron fist if he’s the one ruling it.

Talbumosuke Atrumier

Talbumosuke is an original character created by the author. The son of the head of the Atrumier family, a lesser noble family underneath the Kuchikis until the Aizen's Revenge arc to which they stand on their own and his younger sister Senna—no not that one—takes over. Talbumosuke is often called Aizen's Apprentice by the author where, in contrast to Momo, knows full well Aizen's true intentions and studies under the man becoming a sort of backup plan in case Aizen fails. It turns out this was a well conceived plan. He has wildly styled black hair and piercing red eyes. He is in love with Mia Arruruerie and they have a daughter by the name of Kasumi (see below). Talbumosuke's Shikai is called Jikan Kami and his Bankai is called Choro Kami no Jikan to Kukan.

  • Together in Death:
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Coffee
  • Tragic Villain:
    • Sure most of his family and his mentor Aizen were Asshole Victims but his devotion and loyalty to them was so unparalleled that when Lelouch took it all away he was all alone. While he was still planning to fight and defeat Lelouch, his heart was closed off to everyone except to (eventually) Mia. When he found out that Mia died in the second Battle of Karakura Town, his reaction was justified. When he dies, he congratulates Lelouch for his victory and personally hopes that he can reunite with his lover. Lelouch himself realized that he drove him to become this and wished for his happiness in the next life.
    • Even in Hell his life got worse, after finding Mia the second time it was revealed that she is pregnant and had a daughter unfortunately the Kushanada not only separated them but were planning to corrupt or destroy her, so out of pure desperation he created a portal to attempt to send her out of Hell. Another similarity to Lelouch was created, they were both denied of Fatherhood but unlike Lelouch he still has a chance with his original daughter Kasumi.
  • Troll: When he feels like it, he can really push a person's Berserk Button; Lelouch over Yuna's death and how much he's underestimated him during the Battle of Fake Karakura, and Aizen when the latter pulls his power grab (again...) Tally stalls him to allow Kasumi and Mia to escape, and has the gall to piss on Aizen's ego as a parting shot, knowing that due to his Time Stop abilities, Aizen can't stop him. Aizen did not take it well.
  • Undying Loyalty: To Aizen. Though it’s subverted during the revenge arc when Talbumosuke states that he must find Mia because they were separated. He does wish Aizen luck though. It’s ultimately deconstructed in the final arc after Aizen harms Kasumi. Talbumosuke drops the loyalty and fights Aizen as any good parent would.
  • Unstoppable Rage: Invoked when Mia dies in the Second Battle of Karakura Town.
  • Unskilled, but Strong: Though he works hard to fix the unskilled part it only goes as far as his battle technique. He can't plan worth crap in comparison to Lelouch. While that served him well in round one, when he had the element of surprise against the Soul Society his Attack! Attack! Attack! strategy with the Segunda Etapas really didn’t go over too well once Lelouch had his thoughts and tactics nailed down and ultimately he was beaten because of his lack of foresight and let Gin get the drop on him.

Takeno Konda

The lead judge of the Central Forty Six after their reformation after their predecessors were killed by Aizen. While it is the entire Central Forty Six is more or less Lelouch's enemy in the Lelouch and the Law arc, it is Takeno who serves as the Big Bad and faces off against Lelouch in court.

Muramasa

A wandering Zanpakuto with the special ability to free other Zanpakuto from their masters and turn them against their wielders. His desire is to create rebellion and create a world where it is the Zanpakuto that control the Soul Reapers. As it stands Muramasa killed his own wielder Or not. His wielder was sealed, so Muramasa orchestrated the rebellion so he could find the seal and undo it.

  • Bad Boss: Destroys Loly and Menoly's Zanpakuto after he uses them to off their wielders. Possibly justified in that he doesn't fully understand arrancar fully.
  • Knight of Cerebus: Okay yeah the series was already pretty serious once the Eye of the Storm arc kicked off and Talbumosuke took the stage and proved to be a very effective villain, but the author jacked up the drama and the heartstring pulling when the Reapers and Heralds arc started. Not to mention the brutal beating Yachiru received and Byakuya's Loyalty Test.
  • Kick The Son Of A Bitch: Yes, we know Loly and Menoly are busted up over Mia's death doesn't even come close to justifying their actions.
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: His separation of Lelouch and Eien Tamashi later comes to have the result of Lelouch mastering his geass.
  • You Remind Me of X: Thinks this of Lelouch in regards to his master Koga.

Shuren Kenzo

A Togabito. He is #188. He wishes to escape from hell. Wields the magic Book of Volcarona. Without the book he is only as strong as #200.

Kokuto Shapikni

A Togabito. He is #187. His only weapons are the chains used to bind him and a black blade. Susanna is his sister.

  • Big Bad Duumvirate: Of the Different Bonds arc. Unlike the movie, Kokuto and Shuren are working together.
  • Love Makes You Evil: With some Incest Subtext thrown in if you read between the lines
  • My Sister Is Off-Limits: To everyone and everything. Kokuto will let not a single person get anywhere near his sister.
  • The Plan: He and Shuren arrange everything to ensure that Ichigo will go into his ultimate hollow mode.

Hollow Ichigo

The Hollow inside Kurosaki Ichigo. Wants to take total control over his "King" and take that spot from him. The antagonist of the Demon Within arc.

Kugo Ginjo

A Fullbringer that is also a former Substitute Soul Reaper. He is the leader of the Xcution group. He stopped working for the Soul Society because they wouldn’t stop Natsumi, the soul Reaper that gave him his powers, and his mother, from being killed by the Inked Alliance. He cut his ties with the Soul Society and ceased doing his job. He swore vengeance on Ukitake. His Fullbring is the Cross of Scaffold. The necklace used to manifest his fullbring used to belong to his father.

  • Disappeared Dad: Ginjo's father passed away when he was young, though this doesn't affect Ginjo as much as Masaki's passing affects Ichigo.
  • Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Why did he have a grudge against Soul Society? Because they didn't help out in stopping the Inked Alliance from killing his mom and girlfriend, who was also a FORMER SHINIGAMI.
  • Heroic BSoD: Suffers this after the death of Natsumi and his Mom.
  • Late-Arrival Spoiler: In canon the fact that he's a former Substitute Soul Reaper is a big surprise, but here this fact is mentioned two whole arcs before Ginjo even gets any screen time. This is, of course, due to the fact that Lelouch has done his homework
  • Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Against the Inked Alliance as they killed his mom and his lover.
  • Team Dad: Seems to have a role like this given how he’s much older than any of the other fullbringers and he tells Yukio twice not to play his game at the dining table during breakfast.
  • Took a Level in Jerkass: Ginjo was a pretty cool guy until Natsumi and his mother’s death.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist

General-in-chief Albert Q. Anerdas

The General-In-Chief (preceding Cornelia) of Britannia’s Royal Army. The Leader of the Inked Alliance and Big Bad of Cornelia's entire story mode. Cornelia kills him at point blank range with her cool gun.

  • The Chessmaster: In a very literal sense, he has absolute authority over the Britannian army so NO ONE can defy him, and he can arrange the board how he sees fit because of it.
  • Oh, Crap!: Gets this expression when he realizes Cornelia is about to kill him.
  • Old Soldier: He's 72 and he's still in top physical form, and is also the General-in-chief of the entire Britannian army prior to turning high traitor.
  • Scars are Forever: He has scar tissue by his right eye where he supposedly took a grenade explosion to the face and lived to tell about it.
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: Believes that constantly having a threat will keep soldiers on edge and the people happy. Cornelia and her gun beg to differ.

Zero

The hollow form of the 99th Emperor of Britannia. He is Captain of Squad 10, Lamperouge Lelouch before Lelouch is flung back in time. He starts off as a normal hollow, but is later absorbed by the Vasdo Lordes Scourge and then hive minds the body and becomes the dominant mind, but at a great cost to his psyche. Now he is a being completely driven by vengeance and he is stated to be just as powerful as Lelouch. However, it is a Foregone Conclusion that Lelouch will defeat him in order to stabilize the time stream.

Kasumi Atrumier

A togabito wearing a white mantle that appears before Ichigo to help get vengeance on Kokuto and Shuren. She is the strongest Togabito in hell and the daughter of Talbumosuke Atrumier and Mia Arruruerie. Her Zanpakuto is called 'Manakama' (True Companion). Her Bankai is 'Manakama, Zenmen-tekina Shien'. (True Companion, full support). She is now the new captain of squad 2.

Has a tumblr account. Including an illustration.

  • Friendly Enemy: Sees Ichigo Kurosaki as one.
  • Given Name Reveal: Averted; Orihime's Geass allows her to see Kasumi's real name, but she's taken out before she can reveal it. We later find out her name though, through her father: Talbumosuke.
  • Go Mad from the Revelation: She did not take being told that she was born in hell and thereby born innocent very well.
  • Half-Human Hybrid: We know she is part hollow and part Soul Reaper because she's the offspring of Talbumosuke and Mia.
  • Hates Being Touched:
  • Healing Factor: As a part hollow, she heals quickly from injuries in the rare instances that someone is strong enough to actually hurt her. This has problems though a) she has a overactive metabolism and needs to eat frequently, which has lead to her sentence being rather longer than it needed to be due to cannibalism in her younger days (she can now conjour her own food), and b) according to Word of God (Kasumi's tumblr account, specifically), she cannot regrow detached limbs like a full hollow can; she'd need surgery before it can pick up the slack. Still, this combined with her innate toughness makes her possibly the best tank in the series; Hollow Ichigo's healing and Rita's durability are superior, but each lack the other's power; Kasumi of course has both. Ichigo would be better than her if he used his hollow powers. He won't.
  • Heel–Face Turn: After Aizen takes over and becomes the true Big Bad, Kasumi switches sides to take him down. She is eventually welcomed into the Gotei 13 as Stefan's replacement as squad 2 captain..
  • Hell on Earth: Plan B.
  • Hero Killer: She may be a very sympathetic version of this, but damn, there’s a reason all of hell fears her. Also she’s managed to not only defeats Ichigo and Unohana, but also her warden and former mentor Rita though not completely unscathed.
  • I Am a Humanitarian:
    • She’s absorbed the lifeblood of many Togabito to make herself more powerful. Including the entire top twenty prior to her taking the number one spot.
    • She ate other togabito when she was younger to survive.
  • I Cannot Self-Terminate: All togabito suffer from this, but it’s a particularly notable example with Kasumi because she [[spoiler:wants to die so she tries to extort this out of Ichigo or Unohana.
  • Irony:
    • Rescued by the one person who she promised to be enemies with, Ichigo Kurosaki as the Mysterious Hooded Soul Reaper.
    • The name of her Zanpakuto is something she truly wants to experience Manakama. If it wasn't for all the betrayal she experienced she might have that for real. By the end, it could be argued she does; she now knows who her parents are, she can count on Ichigo (and presumably Orihime) for support, she's settled her differences with Rita, and now works alongside Unohana, her child's reincarnation.
  • Kill the God: Plan C. It is mainly this part of the plan where Aizen would most likely betray her.
  • Let's Get Dangerous!: Lotus System Bypass: Level: One. Just ask Rita. Though Kasumi admits it'd be no match for Rita's Core Form.
  • Lotus-Eater Machine: Plan A. Fails by her standards.
  • MacGuffin: Has two; the Lotus System and the Book of Volcarona.
  • Mega Manning: The Lotus System, which used to allow Kasumi to absorb other Togabito and take their power. Now she’s only able to use the powers she’s already taken since it overloaded when she fought the previous number one because he used it against her as well.
  • Mythology Gag: When giving her ID# Kasumi spurts lines from the Bleach OST Number One.
  • Necessarily Evil: She’s committed sin, though born innocent, just to survive. And she purposely becomes an antagonist in order to be able to embrace death.
  • No Name Given: It’s quickly subverted at the end of the 110th chapter after her appearance in 109.
  • Offing the Offspring: Kasumi murders her Child by Rape right after its born; it eventually becomes Retsu Unohana.
  • Only Friend: Her Zanpakuto, Manakama. Codex is a downplayed example; while she doesn't consider him a friend per se, she has significantly more respect for him than anyone else. She also befriends Ichigo.
  • Pet the Dog: Kasumi willingly takes the sin chains that Kokuto has placed upon Ichigo’s friends into her own body. Though of course Ichigo already ceroed off 25 years so she profits.
  • Person of Mass Destruction: Evident from chapter 187 which details her conquest of how she became the number one
  • The Plan: Aizen's been doing this for centuries. Kasumi's been doing it for Millenia.
  • The Power of the Sun: Her Shikai’s primary ability.
  • Rape and Revenge: She avenges her own rape.
  • Rape as Backstory: And as a Sex Slave.
  • Roaring Rampage of Revenge: She goes on a killing spree after Togabito who raped her to the point of impregnation.
  • Self-Made Woman: With the exception of her early years , under Zurik and Codex, Kasumi can place her climb to the top completely in her own skill and ability.
  • Sex Slave: In her backstory she is this at one point, complete with Slave Collar.
  • Sleep Cute: Ichigo thinks so. After always having to sleep with one eye open for so long, she ends up nodding off in his lap. He's a little taken aback how at peace she is.
  • Story-Breaker Power: The Lotus System, gained while trying to recover from being a Sex Slave, allows her to absorb the powers and energies of her enemies to become the Number One Togabito. Currently she is only able to use the powers she already has since it was used against her at the same time she used it and overloaded the system.
  • Token Evil Teammate: When she is introduced in the Different Bonds arc.
  • Walking Spoiler: Her rank and role as the final Big Bad is one thing, her identity, backstory, plans, and goals for her role is another.
  • What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: Discussed between her and Ichigo when she thinks she likes him.
  • What the Hell, Hero?:
    • Yells at Ichigo for not embracing his dark power because she was banking on it so that he could use it against her and kill her.
    • She also gave Rita a good what for regarding her being born innocent; she did get to whack her one, millenia later, as payback.
  • When She Smiles: As stated by Ichigo
    Ichigo: When you smile like that, it really shows your true colors.
  • Who Wants to Live Forever?
  • Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Her hatred towards Rita stems from Rita having the perceived opportunity to stop it, but never did. Justification seems highly plausible.
  • You Are Number 6: She's Number One.

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